Advertising globe



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ADVERTI S ING GLOBE Filed April 5, 1934 Elma/whom Patented June 19, 1934UNITED STATES.

1,963,317 ADVERTISING GLOBE Jay Stuart Wilkinson, Cincinnati, Ohio,assignor to The Cincinnati Advertising Products Company, Cincinnati,Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application April 5, 1934, Serial No. 719,14.

6 Claims. (01. 4o-1s2) This invention relates to an advertising globeand in particular to an all glass globe of this kind.

An object of the invention is to provide such' associated therewith topreclude shattering of said lighting means.

Another object is to provide a globe and lighting means of the kindindicated which occupy a minimum of space in order to permit positioningof additional cooperating lights or the like.

Another object is to'provide lighting means of the kind described inwhich the parts are readily positioned and removed.

Another object is to provide a new and improved resilient mounting forneon lighting means.

59' Another object is to provide means of this class adapted for simpleand efiicient manufacture.

These and other objects are attained by the means described herein andillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

95' Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of an all glass advertising globeprovided with the lighting means and mounting of the present invention,one of the advertising plates being removed from position.

a, Fig. 2 is a view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

The problem of effectively associating neon lighting means withall-glass advertising globes 'whas presented considerable difiicultybecause of the fact that the rigid mounting of the tubing on the glassrim of the globe entails possible shattering not only of the tubing butalso of the glass rim. The present invention obviates this difficulty byproviding a supporting tree or standard projecting into the globe butindependent thereof and provided with resilient arms for supporting thetubing in proper position without danger of fracture either of the lightor globe means.

a With reference to the drawing, the globe may comprise a glass rim 5having suitable means for supporting lateral advertising plates 6, themeans shown consisting of a metal flange '7 secured to the rim 5 andadapted to engage the plates 6. Any other suitable means might beemployed in this connection. The rim 5 is provided with an open neck 8which is adapted to be engaged by a suitable base 9 provided withengagement means such 5 as the screws 10. The base is preferably formedwith a false bottom 11 which bottom may be made removable if so desired.w h 7' Base 11 may have mounted thereon a transformer 12 or similarmeansnormally required with the neon lighting contemplated in this m5vention. The support for the lighting consists of a standard 13 securedas at '14 to'the top of the transformer 12 and projecting upwardly intothe space between the rim 5 and plates 6, that is, into the interior ofthe globe. It is preferable that the standard extend somewhat offcenter'as shown in Fig. 1 so that the central space within the globe maybe left free to permit positioning of a suitable central light, which isnot shown herein. The upper end portionof the'standard 13 may be bentover as shown and the eXtremeend 15 of the standard may be formed into aclamp adapted to engage the central portion of an arcuate resilient arm16 which extends transversely of the globe and which, at each end, isformed into a finger 18 that is to be positioned against the inner face,that is, behind the glass tubing 19 which is adapted to be associatedwith the globe. Positioning of the fingers 18 inwardly of the tubing 19precludes shadow casting on the advertising plates 6. It will be seen byreference to Fig. 3 that the tubing 19 extends annularly around theinside of the globe in two sections 22 and 23 each disposed adjacent oneof the advertising plates 6, that is, adjacent each side of the globe.The tubing may be suitably secured to the fingers 18 such as by wiresengaging the tubing and passing through apertures 21 provided adjacentthe fingers 18 in the arm 16.

The intermediate portion of the standard 13 has secured thereto asupport strip 24 which at its outer end 25 has secured thereto anotherof the resilient arms 16 which is associated with the tubing 19 in themanner described above. It is obvious that similar support strips mightbe associated with the standard 13 if the proportions of the advertisingglobe make additional support for the lighting means necessary.

It will be seen that according to this invention the neon light tubinghas been mounted independent of the glass rim and in fact independent ofany part of the glass globe since it is associated with the base 9 whichnormally would be of metal.

The resiliency of the arms 16 prevents shatter- 1 close to advertisingglobes of the kind in question and where such globes are frequentlymounted upon gasoline pumps in which considerable vibration and jarringare unavoidable.

The whole set up provided by this invention is readily positioned andremoved. It is obvious that if the transformer 12 or similar means isnot utilized, the standard 13 may be extended to such length as to bemounted directly, for example, on the base 11. Other modificationsbecome apparent upon considering the means of this invention but theseare believed to be comprised Within its spirit and scope.

What is claimed is: V

1. An advertising globe comprising a glass rim adapted to haveadvertising plates associated therewith, illuminating means of thecontinuous tubular type and adapted to be positioned within the rim andplates, a base associated with the rim, a standard having a. mounting insaid base and projecting upwardly into the space between rim and plates,and resilient arms on the standard adapted to have the tubularilluminating means attached thereto for resiliently mounting theilluminating means independently of said rim.

2. An advertising globe adapted to be illuminated by neon lighting, astandard projecting into the globe, and arms on the standard adapted tohave the neon lighting tubes attached thereto for mounting said tubesin'the globe independently of the latter.

3. An all-glass advertising globe adapted to be illuminated by neonlighting, an independent standard projecting into the globe, andresilient arms on the standard adapted to have the neon lighting tubesattached thereto for resilienty mounting said tubes in the globeindependently of the latter.

4. An advertising globe comprising a glass rim and a pair of advertisingplates associated therewith, a neck on the rim, a base engaging saidneck, a transformer or the like mounted on said base, a standard mountedon the transformer and projecting upwardly into the globe, resilientarms attached to the standard and extending transversely of the globe,and neon light tubing attached to the ends of the arms for mounting thetubing resiliently adjacent the advertising plates and independent ofthe rim.

5. An advertising globe comprising a glass rim and a pair of glassadvertising plates supported thereby in spaced substantially parallelrelation, a base supporting said rim, a standard associated with saidbase and projecting through the rim upwardly into said globe, resilientarms attached to said standard and extending transversely of the globe,neon light tubing and means for attaching the'latter to the ends of saidarms whereby the tubing may be mounted resiliently in the globe adjacentthe advertising plates and independent mounting the tubing resilientlyand independently of the globe. V

JAY STUART WILKINSON.

